Lately, every time we see Lorde, we can't help but notice something is missing. She still sounds like an angel and her style game is strong, but her mega volumized curls we all fell in love with when she burst onto the scene with "Royals" have been MIA. We first saw her change up her look with a straight, slicked-back wet hairstyle at the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Awards and wrote it off as a one-time thing (after all, she's had brief straight hair stints before). But a month down the road and the ringlets haven't returned — in fact, Lorde's hair has gotten even smoother. Of course our girl still looks great, but we're full time supporters of her curlier locks and worry that the onstage hair flipping she's so fond of won't have the same effect with straight hair. So, while we wait until the curls come back, we'll be sitting here reliving their most glorious moments.

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August 2013

A 16-year-old Lorde at the start of her career instantly induced major hair envy.

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September 2013

No-makeup makeup never looked better than when Lorde wore the trend alongside some of the bounciest curls we've ever seen.

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September 2013

Here, Lorde adds even more drama to her massive curls with a graphic cat eye.

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December 2013

The curls took on a goth-glam approach when Lorde sported a more spiralized style with a berry lip and all-black ensemble.

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January 2014

Classic red lip + supersize curls = happy us.

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January 2014

A picture reminder (as if you could ever forget) of just how good the XXL curls look onstage.

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January 2014

Even at the airport in her comfiest sweatshirt, Lorde's curls were perfectly defined and had us wondering why we couldn't have been blessed with the superior style, too.

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November 2014

Lorde resurrected the gothic look by pairing her curls with a moodier, dark matte purple lip at the 2014 AMAs.

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March 2015

A high-fashion approved look, Lorde's windswept curls rivaled all of the models' when she attended Paris Fashion Week.

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September 2015

The last known public appearance of Lorde's waves was arguable her best yet. Wearing high-waisted, flared pants with her natural curls, Lorde looked like a '70s disco queen in the best way possible.